Person mistaken for child-lifter thrashed
Take care before spreading rumours in social media
Kalburgi, May 28: Following the fake messages being circulated in the social media, the panicked people have been attacking others mistaking them as child-lifters and such incidents have been increasing everyday in the state.
Mistaking a Sikh person as child lifter, a group of 30-40 people have thrashed him in Kalburgi. The victim is identified as Alvar Singh. As he was wearing a kirpan (a knife or sword) as part of his religious symbol, the people have mistaken him as child lifter. When the people noticed the victim wandering in the shandy place at Kodla with the kirpan, they questioned him. Though he has clarified it as an article belonging to Sikh religion, the suspected people have thrashed him by removing his turban, police said.
According to police, Alvar Singh has got a driver job in a cement factory in the city and he has come to city just three days ago. Now police have booked the accused under Section 326 and other provisions and investigating the issue.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has warned of taking stringent action against those who spread fake messages in WhatsApp. It can be recalled that a few days ago, people have thrashed a 26-year-old Rajasthan labour into death. In the same way, Manjunath and Raj Kumar were assaulted in Anjanappa Garden in Bengaluru. The message being circulated in WhatsApp was happened in Karachi in Pakistan and no such incidents have happened in Karnataka, the police said.
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Magisterial probe ordered into Goa nightclub fire; FIR lodged against owner, GM
Panaji (PTI): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire at a nightclub which claimed 25 lives.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said an FIR has been lodged against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub and they would be arrested.
The fire broke out at Birch by Romeo Lane after midnight. The popular party venue at Arpora village, located around 25 km from the state capital Panaji, opened last year.
CM Sawant, in a post on X, said, "I am closely reviewing the situation arising from the tragic fire incident at Arpora, in which 25 people have lost their lives and six have been injured."
"All six injured persons are in a stable condition and are receiving the best medical care. I have ordered a magisterial inquiry into the entire incident to identify the cause and fix responsibility," he said.
Speaking to PTI, Sawant said the police have registered an FIR against the owner and the general manager of the nightclub, and they would be arrested.
He said this is the first time that such an incident has happened in Goa.
A preliminary inquiry has indicated that the fire started on the first floor of the club, and due to congestion and small doors, the customers could not move out, the CM said.
"Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there," he said.
